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In 2013, Kanye West did all he could to convince us he was a genius, while a New Zealand teen made us think twice before popping that Cristal.

Miley couldn’t seem to stop, no matter how much we wished she would. And Robin Thicke’s biggest problem of the year turned out not to be all those naked ladies in his “Blurred Lines” video, but the estate of Marvin Gaye.

After two years, Lady Gaga finally revealed the meaning of her ARTPOP, though it seemed not as many people cared as she had hoped. Perhaps Mother Monster should have taken a page out of her friend Beyoncé’s book, who managed to outsmart us all with her clever surprise release. And let’s not forget Justin Timberlake, who came back to music after seven years. We’ll let you decide if he also brought sexy back.

As Radio.com gears up for 2014 we’re revisiting some of the best, worst and most infamous stories of the past 12 months.But we don’t want to spend too much time on the intro — we’re not Drake — so read on to see which artists made this year one we’ll all definitely remember.

This one wasn’t even a contest, as the wide-eyed ingénue from New Zealand captivated music listeners — and the industry — in a way we haven’t seen since Alanis Morissette was screaming about Dave Coulier’s indiscretions back in the ‘90s.